In 1983, Jonathan Loxley joined a small, bohemian group of film and theatre painters and sculptors who traveled the country building sets. This opportunity allowed him to explore his creativity, which later generated work on the set of the movies, Labyrinth and Aliens, where he continued to gain considerable experience in this industry.
Following an African adventure (as a break from this high-pressured job), Loxley made the decision to concentrate on developing his passion for form, and moved to the marble mountains of Carrara in Tuscany, Italy, to learn how to carve marble.
After nine years, Loxley returned to England and set up a studio space to allow his skills to evolve and emerge through his chosen material.
Jonathan Loxley has exhibited across Europe, and his works can be found in collections around the world – from public parks and penthouse terraces in Hong Kong to more humble residential gardens in Europe and the United Kingdom.
ARTISTS STATEMENT.
For as long as I can remember, I have been attracted to particular shapes and forms that I have grown to believe have inhabited the human psyche since we first came into existence – ancient fragments of a silent language that unconsciously evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. But the consequences of our own evolution have incidentally smothered this language. It is only dormant, however, and can be encouraged to surface, reconnecting us when very little else can.
I am searching for these breadcrumbs, that lead, ultimately, to some faraway home, a place utterly absent of materialistic distraction – an ancient place where I can imagine someone picking up a burnt stick and with total inhibition, and a talent born of adoration and wonder alone, sketch out on the rock wall an antelope so exquisite, we would later call it a masterpiece.
It may be as much as an unreachable task as a donkey studying to become a horse, but the trip becomes more compelling with every step.
And so, It is my wish, and in fact my job, to share my findings by manipulating the way light falls on stone – sculpture – a primal, silent language, and by way of that, to attempt to place a finger on the part of someone they may have only suspected existed – to awaken a collective past – to re-unite them, if only for a moment, with a thankful world, one we were once truly inseparable with.
In 1983, Jonathan Loxley joined a small, bohemian group of film and theatre painters and sculptors who traveled the country building sets. This opportunity allowed him to explore his creativity, which later generated work on the set of the movies, Labyrinth and Aliens, where he continued to gain considerable experience in this industry.
Following an African adventure (as a break from this high-pressured job), Loxley made the decision to concentrate on developing his passion for form, and moved to the marble mountains of Carrara in Tuscany, Italy, to learn how to carve marble.
After nine years, Loxley returned to England and set up a studio space to allow his skills to evolve and emerge through his chosen material.
Jonathan Loxley has exhibited across Europe, and his works can be found in collections around the world – from public parks and penthouse terraces in Hong Kong to more humble residential gardens in Europe and the United Kingdom.
Exhibitions.
2022 The Vanner Gallery.
2018 The Cass Sculpture Foundation.
2018 Onform Sculpture.
2017 Chelsea Flower Show.
